Shining Cuckoos 2018
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Still haven't heard one here in Meadowbank Auckland, they usually arrive by the second week of October at the latest.Normally there are plenty around.
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Heard my first couple of Shining Cuckoos at Foxton Beach pine forests this weekend
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Finally arrived in Meadowbank ,heard 2 on Tuesday evening and a couple today.The sound of summer.
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Bombay Hills - Since the beginning of October up till around 24th October I heard at least one a day, sometimes 2 and on occasions 3. From 24th until 3rd November I never heard any. I am presuming they are all stopping off on their way south and that there seems to be "waves" of migration - weather systems?
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Still only 1 heard so far this season around Pukerua Bay, Paekakariki area - if there are low numbers around birds may not be settling but ranging more widely in search of mates?
Cheers Jim
Cheers Jim
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Hearing the occasional bird but still very infrequent.
Only one bird heard calling over 3 hours at Mt Bruce in the Wairarapa on Sunday.
Cheers Jim
Only one bird heard calling over 3 hours at Mt Bruce in the Wairarapa on Sunday.
Cheers Jim
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Re: Shining Cuckoos 2018
Three cuckoos in my fruit trees yesterday evening, 'cheeuuw' calling at each other with lots of wing movement accompanying each call. Discussing something interesting.
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Some serious cuckoo action in my gum and blackwood trees in Eketahuna yesterday. Initially a pair were flying around together; one was feeding the other (courtship?) and later in the day, there were a whole lot of them congregating, high in some blue gum - there were at least six of them.
https://youtu.be/eNwfo9iGhkQ
https://youtu.be/eNwfo9iGhkQ
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Very few shining cuckoos in Wellington this year. Watched two for a short while today at George Denton Park play area. They were in tall eucalypt at furthest corner of park from road. First time I have seen them mating. This park is just over the fence from Zealandia and it is not uncommon to see whiteheads and saddlebacks outside the reserve.
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Re: Shining Cuckoos 2018
On 25 December there was one in a tree at my parents' in Wadestown, singing in the rain